Senior Merchandiser

Role & responsibilities

• Understand market trends, customer preferences and seasonal requirements to identify new jewellery product opportunities.
• Coordinate with the design team for new product development, design modifications, sampling and finalisation.
• Prepare and maintain product specifications, BOMs, costing sheets and product details.
• Coordinate with vendors, manufacturers and production teams for sampling and bulk production.
• Monitor gold/diamond/gemstone requirements, consumption, pricing and product margins.
• Track the complete order lifecycle from enquiry and sampling to production, dispatch and delivery.
• Follow up with production teams to ensure timely completion of orders as per committed timelines.
• Work closely with the quality team to ensure jewellery meets required design, finishing, stone-setting and quality standards.
• Coordinate with sales/client teams to understand requirements and provide timely updates on order status.
• Maintain accurate records of samples, orders, inventory, costing, production status and deliveries.
• Analyse sales and product performance and provide inputs for range planning, replenishment and new collections.
• Monitor competitor products, pricing, designs and market trends to support product and assortment decisions.
• Resolve issues related to design, costing, production, quality, delivery or customer requirements through effective coordination.
• Ensure products are developed within the approved cost, quality and delivery parameters.
• Support exhibitions, buyer meetings, collection launches and customer presentations when required.